US 5,626,246 A · Modular display rack

Abstract

A modular display rack is formed by interconnected modular display units. Each such unit consists of a base member, a back member connected to and rising above the base member at the rear thereof, and a front member connected to and depending beneath the base member at the front thereof. The front member has flanges forming a transverse channel therein and the back member has projections thereon which slidably fit within the transverse channel to interconnect two units together, with the back member of one unit releasably coupled to the front member of another unit. Projections on the undersides of the base members can receive leg members to support the units and brackets to assemble multi-tier displays. Openings along the sides of the units receive side rails which prevent products displayed on the base members from being laterally dislodged.

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Dependent claims

A modular display unit, comprising:

a support unit consisting of a base member and a back member;
said base member and said back member being interconnected and disposed at substantially right angles to each other;
said base member having a rear edge at which said back member is interconnected and a forward edge spaced away from said rear edge;
said support unit further including a front member depending from said forward edge of said base member;
said front member including engagement means along the forward surface thereof;
said back member having a front surface directed toward said base member front edge and an opposed rear surface;
said back member engagement means being removably interengageable with said front member engagement means of another support unit whereby two support units can be coupled by interengaging said back member engagement means from one support unit with said front member engagement means of another support unit.

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A modular display rack comprising:

a plurality of interconnected display units;
each of said display units including a base member and a back member;
said base member having a forward and a rear edge and said back member having an upper and lower edge;
said back member and base member of each display unit being interconnected with the back member lower edge positioned adjacent to said base member rear edge;
each of said display units further including a front member connected with said base member and positioned adjacent to said base member front edge;
said front member being substantially parallel to said back member and depending downwardly beneath said base member while said back member projects upwardly above said base member;
each of said display units further including an interengagement means to enable back said member of one display unit to releasably engage with a front member of another display unit;
said interengagement means including:
a first set of flange elements on the front surface of
said front member, and
a second set of flange members on the rear surface of said back member,
one of said sets of flange members defining a channel and the other of said sets of flange members being slidably engageable with said channel;
said second set of flange members being disposed near the top of said back member whereby, when said interengagement means connect one display unit with another display unit, the back member of the lower display unit will not project above the base member of the higher engagement unit.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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